tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148854789473628533.post8237057979422374517..comments2023-09-10T01:32:11.328-05:00Comments on The Broken Bokken: Zen Buddhism is a KoanDavid "Shinzen" Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17361987240669832512noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148854789473628533.post-15935024206047985942010-04-07T07:55:03.699-05:002010-04-07T07:55:03.699-05:00That's a great post with a nice get to know ya...That's a great post with a nice get to know ya feel to it Mr. TrustZen. I just have to love it ;-)The trials and tribulations of QPRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766497464486537265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148854789473628533.post-18589095923776260152010-04-04T16:41:25.105-05:002010-04-04T16:41:25.105-05:00You're right C.OM. Gotta love it...and live it...You're right C.OM. Gotta love it...and live it. I have come to realize there is real no reconciling the two...it is more of just seeing it and then living it day by day...that's the joy of the journey.David "Shinzen" Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361987240669832512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148854789473628533.post-30831356118169339342010-04-04T13:59:06.959-05:002010-04-04T13:59:06.959-05:00I can feel you on this Shinzen. The polar opposite...I can feel you on this Shinzen. The polar opposites and the paradox in life is a favorite topic of mine. It is an illusion of opposites as we realize that one can not exist without the other. One gives the other definition and meaning to us. They are indivisible, or one in the same. Zen exists in Buddhism and Buddhism in Zen. You gotta love it!C. Omhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11863901463717458216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148854789473628533.post-90115163115687623402010-04-02T10:23:47.026-05:002010-04-02T10:23:47.026-05:00Thanks Rizal. They are also like yin and yang, com...Thanks Rizal. They are also like yin and yang, complementary opposites...each containing a seed of the other.David "Shinzen" Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361987240669832512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9148854789473628533.post-32689284888769306942010-04-02T09:08:49.179-05:002010-04-02T09:08:49.179-05:00Wow, now I know more about you, Shinzen :)
I neve...Wow, now I know more about you, Shinzen :)<br /><br />I never thought such contradiction as a koan. Now, viewing contradictions in life as koan really helps. Thanks for sharing this great insight, Shinzen :)Rizal Affifhttp://thesoulsanctuary.usnoreply@blogger.com